New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-12-29
LAMAR'S FRIENDS ANXIOUS
SOME GROUNDS FOX THEIR UNEA>1NEss.
co,oxr1. McARpLE TO THE gEscUE-A srNCiNFN
or MISSISSIPPI RHETORIC.


,ny TELEGRAPH TO THE rErHUSGJ
,,>.rr,x Dec 2s-Nlr Lamar and his
friends show signs Of in' ieasing anxiety as 'n"'
masses They hopcd that the opposition 10 NJ
,a,,or's confirmation would weaken during '"'
Il;As,. reccss of the Senate and that and other
accounts made 10 objection 10 a toSiponem'h' Oh
the case They realize that the opposition
hos steadily gained in strength among men WHO
were lovai during the war. Lut some oil them sui
claim 70 confident Of favorable report from inc
,udiciar, Committee. This confidence is based on
the cXpcctatnn that Mr.. EVarts Will give his vote
in favor of Lamar. But other friends OF the nomi-
noe ly nomcans share this confidence either a. to
the rcport Of the judiciary Committee or the re-
sult IN the senate. 1t is Whispered that '"o
democratic members of the Committee nave pr
,alely cApl>,sed doubt respecting Che hih'ss
and oualn, atiOns of Mr.. Lamar ana regret th"1
the Presidents choice fell on him. IheH' ilS"lh'
IL appears that Signs OF IaNcrine' II no Oh "''o"
lutte indifference nave beeh u'sooN'.Cu "''0i'7
Southern - nucfalIc senators, ~" ST acilNc SuP"'!'
was counted on . matter oil course. lrOiaoIy II
IS ucl 70 he expo cted thai any DmOcratc Scha or
however grave he his doubts, or strong MS con
yctcns thai Mr. Lamar lacks the nccdiul qua
cations or strength for the office o. Associate JUS
tice will have sufficient moral courage TO vote
against him. . .
the controversy appeared Ire in Tho Post TO-
day. in the form Of ong citSr ron WlIi5iaih
MCCardle. - MISSISSIPPI. NN''ncl M'' d'uiN. 10
may he rem mbcrrd, was the Edit or of the ' ;ckS
burg Herald. WHO reported \lr. L1mar's Aberdeen
speech in 1873. lie takes strong cNceIuon TO ths
editorial Lamar and ChSolm" in IHE ih ',o>,s
OF December - lie is Il brave and CONSCIENTIOUS
man WHO speaks and writes in washington WIN
the same fearless frrvor in Mississippi: inlecu'
he is almost perfcrNid and seems 10 iorg.t ,ne
actual situation, the ground OF some oil lnc Stro"7
est objections 10 Nr Lamar whom he SAYS:
"No one prc-crds that Colonel lamar dcos NOT
meet the FIJI requirements of the orthodox 'cfcr-
1ppl No ono 20
IS Tontst. Cararl" and faithful 10 tie corNiutoi''
No one Orc~tions the trans" endart aNltN 81 NV
man, his fcrvd rotiNm. his loIN r,qu o..
his stainless integrity or his arinowleIg'1 ~
tainmcnts Thus armed and ACCOMPLISHED Tor
The adornmcnt Of the hieh judicial position my
trosscd Will arrilg int gritty and conras"' "
condemnation h The Sona.o Is rrohstuctcd.
Further on Colonel NcCarllc refers to his re-
port Of TamarS Aberdeen speech ana appears u"
stand by il. for he says;
wa, present and heard thc Abcrd"en speech In
October 1915. and addressed thr >ane nnr"o' c %
dcnce aud 4 I'VE TRiErNr writer coild nave St'n
tho 200 or - 600 negroes ir Inc IN the p"''' ION
that dsv. and conld have heard ,rr , s,caerS
fis scerf'ci>r as TO Democratic negroes would mayo
snshsd TO- rsnrr VII cra ard wroc tie ra
egraph THE TRIBUNE quotes IN reference 20 ~" Slfch
"a, ,be nerro should 10 spared and that the white
scoundrclS who have fired his heart with ,Vh passions
lie the only sufferers
This, however. had no connection with me
Aberdeen speech. the killing of 'hiSoln. ana
has oviderrly been torn from is context in some
previous or subsequent article. In the following
passage ColonrI MrCardlc cracks the whip IN the
old. well rem mbcrcd style:
The leaders of tne Republican party have often PRO
ri tined that solid south T. cnNstant menace !" W
ITron and h pretended 10 der'or his conditlpn ~
Affairs have ony to say 20 R-ruhir'' senator's th,t
II tbev desire ia pcrnetuate AMI make ''"nu he pnn,
ca scliiv the South the work cnn le ''an " ac'l
nlishcd Let them reject the nomination or LNcius
@ c. Lamar ana thus proclaim 10 ire WORD tna' no
Confederate soldier. matter how able plr" ana
honest be NAV he worthy of recognition ny me Sh
tie
felon the fiat forth that TIE people "' thr Snd
CA expect nothing until they brand themstlNeS AZ
traitors and that opprohOus name upon INC '"hp
o. their fathers their brothers and their sons me re
lection OF Colonel Lamar nv partisan majority ~ no
Senate VIII this ana nothing more, ana WE"n h-
rejection finally announced that majority VIII beGA 10
realze that " hloOi u thicker than water
distinguished Senators viii hra the men ana women
Of the Soutn rcsOlute than ever In Their "lIo"
TO the Republican party. Whom the old puSe or OInnhu
was bending lfclcss body o. bis son ne ef-
claimed In anguish: wou'1 not Iyc my dead son,
Ossorv for any living peer IN Engl mi" In Ike sl'
the renplc " The SOLID South will become more sol
will become welded together a. with lands o. trpIr
steel and this condition OF political soidity VIII con
Unue while the sky has a star or the ocean TIE.